diff --git a/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template b/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template
index a7bc7fe6eb..b2ae510a19 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="CMU Sphinx common libraries and utilities"
 maintainer="Martin Riese <grauehaare@gmx.de>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net"
-update_ignore="*alpha*"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cmusphinx/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="55708944872bab1015b8ae07b379bf463764f469163a8fd114cbb16c5e486ca8"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/update b/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70f8b7290d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*alpha*"